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WEIGHING AND PRICE SCALE.

No. 451,075. Patented Apr. 28, 1891.

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W. H. SANDERSON & O. O. OZIAS.

,WEIGHING AND PRICE SCALE.

No. 451,075. Patentd Apr. 28, 1891.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM I'I. SANDERSON AND ORANGE O. OZIAS, OF DAYTON, OHIO; SAID OZIASASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND EDWARD CAN BY, OF SAME PLACE.

WEIGHING AND PRICE SCALE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,075, dated April28, 1891.

Application filed January 3, 1891. Serial No. 376,624. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.- beams beneath the platform and theconnect- Be it known that We, \VILLIAM II. SANDER- ing-rod D" extendingfrom the same up to the SON and ORANGE O. OZIAS, both of Dayton,scale-beams. in the county of Montgomery and State of Above thesupplemental base D is located Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful the units-dial D and computing scale-beams 55 Improvements inWVeighin g and Price Scales; D the latter being movable longitudinallyof and we do hereby declare the following to be the supplemental base bymeans of a rack-bar a full, clear, and exact description of the d,hand-wheel, and pinion d, all as in the apsame, reference being had tothe accompanyplication before mentioned. The upper end mg drawings,forming a part of this specificaof the connecting-rod D extends throughthe 60 tion, and to the letters of reference marked supplemental baseand terminates in a yoke thereon. E, having suitable bearings at thetop, through This invention relates to improvements in which project theknife-edge bearings e in scales which are adapted to indicate the pricethe block E, which forms the attachment or the Weight of goods,merchandise, &c., between the computing scale beams and 6 5 such as aredescribed in the patent issued to the connectingrod. The scale beams are.E v Julius E. Pitrat, June 26, 1888, No. 385,005, adapted to slidethrough this block to vary C and 1n the application filed by O. O. Oziasthe position of the fulcrum and change the 9 and Edward Oanby on the24th day of Nounit of price, as will be readily understood 4 o vember,1890, Serial No. 372,520; and it has by any one familiar with this classof scales, 7o for its object to improve the detail construcand in orderto hold the block stationary tion of such scales, whereby the same arethe lower portion of the yoke E on each side simplified and theirefficiency and the facility of the connecting-rod is formed into a V-with which they may be handled and adshaped or knife-edge bearing withwhich co- 25 justed increased. operate the correspondiugly-shapedbearings 75 The invention therefore consists in certain on thevertically movable stop-rest F, mountnovel details of construction andcombinaed on the upper end of the rod F, held in tions and arrangementsof parts to be herewidely-separated hearings in the bracket F inafterdescribed, and pointed out particurigidly mounted on the supplementalbase. larly in the claims at the end of this specifi- Vith thisconstruction when the stop-rest is So cation. elevated the weight of theconnecting-rod and In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is platform,with whatever is upon the same, is a front elevation of a scale havingthe prestransferred from the computing-beam to the ent invention appliedthereto, with portions stop-rest and the block E is held absolutely ofthe frame broken away to show details stationary while the fulcrum andcomputing- 85 of construction. Fig. 2 is a section on the beam are beingshifted. line in at, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of The rod andstop-rest are preferably elethe cam-shaft and handle. Fig. 4 is a detailvat-ed by means of a cam-shaft G and handle elevation, on an enlargedscale, of the connec- G, which act on the lower end of the said rod tionbetween the counter-beam and connectthrough the medium of the lever 11,pivoted 9o ing-rod. Fig.5 is a similar view of the conwithin thesupplemental base in any suitnection between the computing-beam and ablemanner. The end of the said lever opconnecting-rod. posite that whichco-operates with the verti- Similar letters of reference in the severalcally-movable rod carries a toothed member figures indicate the sameparts, h, which is adapted to co-operate with the The platform uponwhich the scoop or arrack (Z on the underside of the movable base ticlesto be weighed are placed and the piland lock the said base and fulcrumwhenever lars C and supplemental base D are of ordithe lever is releasedand the stop-rest lownary construction and need no further deered.Besides the toothed 1nember,the lever 50 scription. Thisis also true ofthe levers and is also provided with a downward extension h, which isadapted to co-operate with the weighing and tare beams to be nowdescribed. These beams (lettered K in the drawings) are pivoted to ahanger on the supplemental base and carry the weight k on the graduatedbeam and the pendent for the addition of supplemental pound-weights. Atthe right of the fulcrum the beams also cariy the tareweight k usedprincipally to balance the scoop or other receptacle placed on theplatform for the reception of the goods to be weighed.

The connecting-rod D is provided at a point opposite the counter orweighing beams with a coupling L, having a curved recess or openingforming a bearing in the direct line of the rod, and the counter-beamshave a knifeedge hearing which engages and rests in this hearing at thepoint mentioned. The recess is large enough to permit the hearings to beentirely separated, which is desirable when the computing-beams arebeing moved.

As before mentioned, the lever II is provided with a downward extensionh, and when the lever is moved to elevate the connecting-rod thisextension comes in contact with the counter-beams and depresses thepower end of the same, thereby separating the bearings just mentioned.

The arrangement of the lever II is such, it will be seen from theforegoing, that a movement in one direction throws the connectionbetween the rod and both beams out and locks the rod rigidly inposition, at the same time releasing the movable base to permit itsmovement in either direction, while the reverse movement of the leverreleases the rod and permits the beams to connect therewith and locksthe movable base rigidlyin position at all times when the scale is incondition for weighing. This construction relieves the bearin g of theweight-beam K dn ring the time the scale:beam is being shifted, andfurther aids in preventing any possible communication of motion from therod to the price-beam due to the shaking of the platform or the additionof weight thereto. Further than this, the scales may be left when not inuse with the bearings on both beams entirely relieved from strain ordanger of becoming worn and corroded by long contact without being used.

At any time when the computing-beam is in balance, no matter what thelocation of the fulcrum, the counter-beam is in condition for weighingby the pound, &c. Hence it is unnecessary to readjust thecomputing-beams, as has almost universally been necessary with scalespreviously made.

hat is claimed as new is 1. In a price and weighing scale, thecombination, with the movable computing-beam and connecting-rod looselyconnected therewith, of the knife-edge bearing on the connecting-rod andthe stop-rest engaging said knife-edge bearing to position and hold therod stationary while the computing-beam is being shifted, substantiallyas described.

2. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with the movablecomputing-beam and connecting-rod loosely connected therewith, of theknife-edge hearings on the connecting-rod and the vertically-movablestoprest having the snbstantially-V-shaped bearings into which saidknife-edge bearings pass to hold the rod stationary while thecomputing-beam is being shifted, substantially as described.

3. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with thecomputing-beam and connecting-rod loosely connected therewith, of amovable stop-rest engaging said rod to release the connection betweenthe same and the beam and hold the rod stationary while the beam isbeing shifted, substantially as described.

4. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with thecomputing-beam and connecting-rod loosely connected therewith, of avertically-movable stop-rest mounted in fixed bearings and engaging saidrod to elevate the same and release the connection between the rod andbeam, substantially as described.

5. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with thelongitudinallymovable computing-beam and connecting-rod looselyconnected therewith, of a movable stop-rest for holding the rod whilethe beam is being shifted and a movable lock for the beam when the rodis released and the scale in ad justment for use, substantially asdescribed.

6. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with the movablecomputing-beam and connecting-rod loosely connected therewith, of amovable stop rest engaging said rod to hold the same stationary, a leverfor operating said stop-rest, and a lock for the beam also operated bythe lever, whereby the beam is locked when the rod is released, and viceversa, substantially as described.

7. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with the supplementalbase, movable base, rack-bar thereon, pinion for moving the base, andcomputing-beam mounted on the base, of the connecting-rod, the stopresthaving a bearing engaging said rod, the pivoted lever engaging thestop-rest, and the lock on the leveradapted to engage the rackbar whenthe stop-rest is out ,of operative position, substantially as described.

8. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with the shifting,computing, or price beam and the weighing-beam having a fixed fulcrum,of connections between each of said beams and the platform,substantially as described.

9. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with thecomputing-beam having a shifting fulcrum and the connecting-rod looselyconnected to said beam, of the independent weight or counter beam havinga fixed fulcrum and an independent connection with the said rod,substantially as described.

10. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with thecomputing-beam having a lIO shifting fulcrum and the connecting rodloosely connected therewith, of the independent weight or counter beamhaving a knifeedge bearing and a bearing on the rod independent of theconnection between the computing-beam and rod with which the knifeedgebearing engages, substantially as described.-

11. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with thecomputing-beam, connecting-rod loosely connected therewith, and thecoupling in the connecting-rod having the bearing in the center line ofthe rod, of the independent weight or counter beam having the knife-edgebearing engaging said bearing, substantially as described.

12. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with thecomputing-beam,independent weighing or counter beam, and connecting-rodloosely connected to both said beams, of the lever for releasing bothsaid connections, substantially as described.

13. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with thecomputing-beam,independent weighing or counter beam, and connecting-rodloosely connected to both said beams, of the stop-rest engaging the rodto hold the same stationary and release the connection with thecomputing-beam and the lever e11- gaging said stop-rest to operate thesame, having the projection engaging the weight or counter beam torelease the connection between the same and connecting-rod,substantially as described.

14. In a price and weighing scale, the combination, with the shiftingcomputing-beam, weigl'iing or counter beam, and connectingrod looselyconnected with both said beams, of the lever for releasing saidconnections and the cam-shaft and handle for operating said lever,substantially as described.

WILLIAM H. SANDERSON. ORANGE O. OZIAS. Witnesses:

J. C. PATTERSON, E. CANBY.

is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 451,075, granted April 28,1891, upon the application of William H. Sanderson and Orange 0. Ozias,of Dayton, Ohio, for an improvement in Weighing and Price Scales, waserroneously issued to said Sanderson, Ozias, and Edward Ganby, as jointowners of the patent, whereas the said Letters Patent should have beenissued to said Orange 0. Ozias and Edward Gcmby as sole owners of theinvention, said Ozias and Ganby being assignees of the entire interestof said Sanderson as shown by the record of assignments in the PatentOffice 5 and that the said Letters Patent should be read with thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 15th day of September, A. D.1891.

[SEAL] CYRUS BUSSEY,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Gountersigned:

W. E. SrMoNDs,

Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 451,075, granted April28, 1891, upon the application of William H. Sanderson and Orange 0.Ozias, of Dayton, Ohio, for

an improvement in Weighing and Price Scales, was erroneously issuedtosaid Sanderson, Ozias, and Edward Ganby, as joint owners of the patent,whereas the said Letters'Patent should have been issued to said Orange0. Ozias and Edward Oanby as sole owners of the invention, said Oziasand Ganby being assignees of the entire interest of said Sanderson asshown by the record of assignments in the Patent Offiee and that thesaid Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that thesame may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 15th day of September, A. D.1891.

CYRUS BUSSEY,

[SEAL] Assistant Secretary of the I nter'ior.

Gountersigned:

W. E. SIMONDS,

Commissioner of Patents.

